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yes, after it became apparent there was a debris "field" I bought a waterproof GPS to log all the finds and I plot them on Google Earth.
I look at the size of the ocean, and think "must I really cover every sq inch of that with a machine with a coil the size of a dinner plate?"
daunting to say the least!!!
I'm only working shallow water for now but the next time I go out I'm going to make some simple markers using lead, fishing line, and small balloons as a reference point
I find the sun / uv breaks down balloons quite quickly,
I have used fishing floats and also old travel size shampoo like bottles
Captain... Congrats on the latest finds and they are good ones! As I suspected, the ship was apparently armed to the teeth and although I may be wrong, I truly believe that the ship was a lot more than a mere Pirate ship. I even doubt that it was one of the smaller Spanish Galleons or other ship, carrying an insignificant cargo. To be armed that heavily with such a variety of sizes of cannon shot and even rifle and/or musket shot, I would say that the ship was carrying a very valuable cargo or very precious and valuable items. I just hope that I am right! Could you post a picture of the all of the shot again and add something into the pic for size reference or measure each size shot and post the dimensions?
Brad, Jordan, Jordan's girlfriend and myself will meet Wednesday morning, then travel to the site where the underground stream that is flowing through an eroding volcanic pipe and flows into the creek that I Gold prospect on. Hopefully, we will get some or all of the boulders that are clogging the underground stream, removed and see what comes flowing out. I am all stoked up for the trip and hope that a lot of Gold, Silver, other heavy metals and precious Gems come spilling out from the underground stream. If so, maybe we will sail down soon on my' new Super Yacht to meet you and drink some Ron Metusalem Rum (oh hell, a lot of rum) together.
Frank
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1- 4 inch
2- 3 inch
3- 2 1/2 inch
4- 2 inch
5- cone shape projectiles - not yet identified?
6- just under 1 inch
7- 3/4 inch
8- 5/8 inch (lead)
9- just over 1 inch
10- 3/4 inch
11- 5/8 inch
12- 3/8 inch
13-1 1/2 inch
Not measures exactly, nor weighed.
Captain,
Thanks for posting the measurements! I think we need to get member "TheCannonballGuy" to check out the variety of shot and gove his opinion! I believe that you have shot from at least 5 or 6 different sized cannons but possibly more. It is doubtful that a ship would have any type of rifle or blunderbuss type musket that could shot anything above 3/4's of an inch (i.e. .75 caliber) but member TheCannonballGuy should know as he is an expert on these things. Unless as stated by Kevin, that the ship may have been carrying ammunitions, it was heavily armed for bear! I believe and am hoping for the latter, since this will mean that it was carrying a very significant cargo and hopefully that significant cargo was not a person or persons! I will send member TheCannoballGuy a PM and ask him to check the shot out and give his opinion.
Take care and as always, be safe!
Oh, I almost forgot about the cone shaped leads! I may be wrong but I believe that these were cone shaped sabot type cannon shot to either be loaded by themselves or loaded in front of a round shot (i.e. to come out first) for maximum penetration of a hull or some type of armored plating. I believe that member TheCannonballGuy will confirm or dispell this belief!
Frank
lots of info there thanks CBG
BVI
Was there any discernible pattern to the shot scatter or were the different sizes found randomly mixed?
All coins found in one general area so far though.
BVI Hunter wrote:
> You ever thought of writing a book?
I already did... twice, if the vastly expanded 2nd Edition of it (552 pages) can be counted as a second book. Its title is "Field Artillery Projectiles of the American Civil War." It is a photographic encyclopedia showing (and explaining) hundreds of army and navy artillery projectiles made by the US, the Confederate States, and Britain which were used in America from the 1700s through 1865.
Unfortunately, my co-author passed away and the book cannot be reprinted... so, it is only available from used-book sellers who charge outrageously expensive prices for it on Ebay and at used-book stores.
You didn't answer two of my three questions:
As far as you can tell, are all of the coins in the stack Spanish coins?
Have you found anything from the shipwreck (besides the coin-stack) which tells the ship's nationality?